2010 Media Democracy Day
What is Media Democracy Day? Why is it? Who is it for?
A day of action based on three themes:
- Education - understanding how the media shapes our world and our democracy
- Protest - against a media system based on commercialization and exclusiveness
- Change - calls for media reforms that respond to public interests, promote diversity, and ensure community representation and accountability.
The goal of the event to share information, facilitate networking and build a stronger, more unified progressive media and social justice community in the Chicago area.
A more expansive description of the event can be found at www.chicagoprogmedia.org
Panelists: (with organizational affiliations for identification):
Veronica Arreola, educator, blogger (vivalafeminista.com);
Mike Barr, documentary filmmaker;
Jeremy Gantz, Web Editor, In These Times;
Karen Bond, National Black Coalition for Media Justice;
Larry Duncan, Labor Beat;
Jeannette Foreman, Youth Media Justice Project;
Kevin Gozstola, documentary filmmaker, Columbia College student;
Robert Koehler, syndicated columnist;
Kevin O'Donnell, SEIU Local 1;
Mitchell Szczepanczyk, Chicago Media Action;
Tim Wais, HumanThread;
Harvey Wells, Webnews Corp., Vice President, WCPT820 AM;
Antonio Zavala, freelance journalist.
For more information: http://www.chicagoprogmedia.org/
